Sentou scoffed at the captain’s inquiry, he had no intentions of answering him, but how exactly did he not know what a turtle was? Perhaps the captain really did lose his marbles after all. It wasn’t long that after Sentou had fired his second projectile he would begin his pursuit towards the Kappa, feet shuffling as he worked on shortening the distance between the two with his final scorching orb in his possession. Charging forward without any hesitant thoughts, the young man couldn’t help but feel impressed with how easily dismantled not one, but both of his scorching spheres at the hands of the Kappa; however, something felt odd. As Tokitoki hammered into the second object and caused it to disperse with his sheer strength alone, it appeared as if the individual was battling some form of demon - fist swinging at nothing over and over until a beastly bellow escaped its jaws. The roar sounded as if the very forest screamed in tandem with him, was it just him, or was there something better at play? Nonetheless, Sentou kept his wits about him and kept up his charge, maintaining the Tiger Seal at chest level as he silently prayed that his plan would go as planned. With the gap between both fighters falling to that of ten feet, Sentou would slam down on his left foot, coming to a momentary halt prior to pushing himself off the ground and springing backward five feet; but not without willing his creation of scorch towards his adversary and spiking his chakra. Just before the impact of Sentou’s jutsu and the Kappa’s shoulder, Sentou would remotely detonate his Scorching Bomb, causing the weaponized chakra to erupt into a small contained explosion of scarlet-lime flames with a three-foot radius. The scorching element would dissipate just as quickly as it occurred, but not before superheating and evaporating the moisture in the immediate atmosphere causing a burning irritation to the unprotected flesh and eyes of the Captain.
Whether Tokitoki received major damage or not wasn’t the true intention of Sentou, but rather to merely cause the hulking figure to stumble or stop in place, however, given the screams of blood murder he had heard before, who knew if it would be successful. Regardless, Sentou would finally descend from his previous leap, landing on his right foot while taking in a sharp intake of oxygen, and had he succeeded in impeding the monstrous Kappa’s charge, he’d simply vanish from sight. Had he taken a page out of Eiji’s book and cloaked himself for the time being? Not quite. As the Crimson Lotus disappeared, a strong gust of wind would soon arrive, and with it - Sentou’s reemergence as the lad could be found crouched just beneath the large Kappa. It had been hard to synchronize his breathing with the captain at the start, but as the individual took the time to destroy the two previous scorching orbs, it became easy for the child to mimic the Kappa’s movements using the Shadow of the Dancing Leaf. Veins protruded from his biceps once more as he exhaled profusely, raising upwards like a corkscrew - right arm leading into a soaring uppercut aimed dead center of the captain’s lower jaw region with a force that would further leave the Kappa stunned, however, it wouldn’t end there. Had Sentou’s first uppercut connected and left the Kappa dazed, he’d continue with the spiraling motion, feet touching the ground once more before launching a second and more devastating soaring uppercut - this time with enough force to send the large being reeling through the air with skull rattling strength.
Had everything gone exactly as he hoped, Tokitoki would find himself twenty feet in the air, but before gravity could bring Sentou down to them once more, the air around Sentou would swirl and compress underneath the young man’s feet until it created a solid footing (Sky Dancing), and with a glint of determination shining from his eyes he would once more pursue his opponent. Running vertically on-air, Sentou would combine both practices of Water Walking and Shadow of the Dancing Leaf to not only catch up with his ascending nemesis but blitz past him altogether. Had this pursuit gone unchallenged Sentou would appear above Tokitoki as a silhouette due to the sun at his back and an increased spike in temperature. Conjoining Fire and Wind at his dominant hand, Sentou’s right fist would light ablaze in his signature scarlet-lime scorch flames before condensing around the hand in question to create his Scorching Knuckle. Without hesitation, Sentou would cram his superheated fist into the upper skull area of his opponent with all intents and purposes of not only punching his foe but punching through them with the hazardous properties of both Fire and Wind behind the blow.
Had this very blow connected, Tokitoki would be sent hurdling towards the very ground at high speeds, the momentum carried behind the strike creating a crater from impact kicking up dust and debris from Sentou’s full-on assault. Whether or not this had been enough to put his attacker down for good, Sentou would descend to the ground with grace, standing ten feet away from ground zero (Toki’s location.) Huffing and panting, Sentou would drop to his left knee as he felt every nerve of his body aching from his extensive use of Shadow of the Dancing Leaf - with one eye shut tight, he kept his other open and alert for his adversary. He had exhausted quite a bit of his own chakra physically and would need a moment to gather himself. All he could do was pray the other wouldn’t stand back up.
